xùn​sī

to practice favoritism

  • created sense approved 徇私 · xùn​sī · to practice favoritism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    徇私

    xùn​sī

    to practice favoritism

    to act for personal gain or based on personal feelings rather than fairness or the law

    xún​sī

    徇, 私

    徇 (literal) → 徇 · xùn · to be swayed by 私 (literal) → 私 · sī · selfish

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  • created sense approved 徇私 · xùn​sī · favoritism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    徇私

    xùn​sī

    favoritism

    nepotism or the practice of showing unfair preference to relatives or friends

    xún​sī

    徇 (literal) → 徇 · xùn · to be swayed by 私 (literal) → 私 · sī · selfish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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